Japan suspends beef imports from US plant (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Japan suspended beef imports from a U.S. meatpacking plant on Wednesday, saying recent shipments from the facility contained tendons that were not properly identified on accompanying papers. [News Source]

Transfusion Medicine Made Safer With Leukocyte Reduction (Medical News Today) Experts called on government and medical organizations involved in blood transfusion to "reverse one of the most serious public health policy errors in the history of transfusion therapy in the United States." Neil Blumberg, M.D. and Joanna M. Heal, M.D. [click link for full article] [News Source]

Japan stops beef imports from Cargill Kansas plant (Reuters via Yahoo! Malaysia News) TOKYO, Oct 17 - Japan suspended imports from a Cargill Inc [CARG.UL ] meatpacking plant after it found boxes of beef leg tendon that were not listed in official U.S. documents, a farm ministry official said on Wednesday. [News Source]

S.KOREAN TRADE MINISTER URGES RATIFICATION OF U.S. TRADE DEAL (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) Agribusiness   South Korea's top trade official on Wednesday urged quick ratification of a free trade deal with the United States, saying the drawn-out approval is not beneficial to Asia's third-largest economy. [News Source]

S.Korean Trade Minister Urges Ratification Of U.S. Trade Deal (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) South Korea's top trade official on Wednesday urged quick ratification of a free trade deal with the United States, saying the drawn-out approval is not beneficial to Asia's third-largest economy. [News Source]